Noel Chiappa wrote:
> > From: Joe Touch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> >> Noel Chiappa wrote:
>
> >>> From: Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>
...
> >> It would be easy to run a tiny little U[D]P "binding" server that
> >> took in an application name (yes, we'd have to register those, but
> >> string-space is infinite), and returned the port.
>
> > Only if it asked a well-known server ON THAT MACHINE.
>
> Yes, but why is that a problem? Again, in architectural terms, you are
> limiting the scope over which the information (about which appplication is
> on which port) has to be spread, to the machine it applies to - always good
> when you get that kind of congruence.
It isn't a problem, but it isn't DNS if you do it that way - that was my
only observation.
Joe
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